Towel cabinet



J. DARMAN TOWEL CABINET Feb. 26,1929. f 1,703,265

Filed Dec. 6, 1926 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 IN VEN TOR BY W46 fin/M9144 fihww,

- ATTORNEY Patented Feb. 26,1929. I, i I 1,703,265 UNITED s'ra rns PATENT omen .TOSEPH DAMIAN, or .UTICA, NEW YORK, Assrenon r UTICA TOWEL CABINET coma, oFQU'rIcA, NEW YORK, AconronA'rroN or new YORK. 1 r

, TOWEL CABINET. Application filed December 6, 1926. SerialNo. 152,836. 3 I

' My invention relates to a towel cabinet and is adapted to rest when closed against the I declare the following to be afull, clear, conedges 23, 23 of sides 14, 14L which edges 23, cise and exact description thereof suflicient taper inward, whereby door 20 will be held to enable anyone skilled in the art to which when closed at an angle to the vertical. A it appertains to make and use the same, refer longitudinal opening 25 is left between the 60 ence being had-to the accompanying drawings lower edge 26 of door 20 and the adjacent edge in which like reference characters refer to -27 of horizontal part 1.5 for the passage of like parts throughout the specifications. towel 12. e

The object of the invention is to provide Towel 1.2 isplaced in a folded condition in a cabinet adapted to hold a towel for public the lower part of cabinet 1. One of its ends 65 use in hotels, clubs and like places. The is led upward between delivery rollers 30, towel is held in such manner that the used or 31 covered with a rubber surface.- Lower soiled part will be moved within the cabinet roller 30 is fixed to turn with shaft 32 which and towards and upon an accumulating roller has bearings in plates 33,33 fastened to-sides immedi'atelythe user has finished wiping or 1 1, 1 of cabinet 1. Spur gears '34, 3 1 are 70 drying his hands thereon. v fixed'on either end of shaft 32 and adapted to The invention will be understood by return with shaft 32. Gears 3 1 are in mesh ferring to the drawings in which: with spur gears 35, 35 whicharefixed to turn Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the device. with shaft-36. Shaft 36 turns in bearings 37 Fig. 2 is a vertical section'of'the device "made in, plates 33, 33. Bearings 37 are in 7 showing the right side removed. 5 each instance formed into elongated slots,

Fig. 3 is a sectional view of the device showwhereby roller 31 mounted to turn with shaft ing parts taken on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2', 36 can be elevate'l with respect to lower roller and i f ll, 't-oallowforinserting the end of towel 12 '25 Fig. 11s a pers ectiV view of the towel ac therebetween. A pinion 10 which acts as a 80 tuating rollers and other immediate mecharatchet is mounted'on shaft 32 and is adapted nism used. a f to turn independently thereof in onedirection Referring more particularly to the drawand to turn therewith in the other because of ings, th device mbodies a cabinet 1 that is pawl elwhich pivoted at 42 to'the end sur- 30 up ortedby' standard 2, 2- dis o d on op face of spur gear 3 1; Pawl 11 will engage the 85 posite sides thereof. Cabinet 1 is enclosed on teeth of said pinion 40, whereby to cause said all'sides and is equipped with adrop door pinion 40 and roller 30 to turn with pinion 4O 3 that is hinged as 4, 1 to the base board 5 of in one direction and 'to-r'ide'over the teeth of cabinet 1. The upper edge of door- 3 is in pinion 10 in the other. wherebyto allow said clined inward at-an angle to provide a lonpinion 10 to turn idly on shaft 32. gitudinal opening at7 between edge6 and the Pinion 10 is in mesh with sector gear 45 lower edge 10 of swinging cover 11 for the mounted to rotate onshaft '46 supported i I passage of towel'12p Cover 11 is equipped bearings formed in plates33,' 33. Sector with laterally extending trunnions 13,13'restge rs? isin mesh with spur gear 47' used to ing in socketsformed in the inner surface of h ng d re n f mOtiOH and mo nte on 5 sides 1 1,1 1 of cabinet 1 and is held in lace by shaft 48 carried in bearings in plates 33, 33. draw bolt'1-5 fastened to side 14 ofca inet 1.' pu g is in turnin mesh'with pinion I The horizontal. part 16 of the cabinet 1 'is 150 which acts as a ratchet and is mounted on stationary and is fastened at opposite ends to Shaft'51 near its end. Said shaft 51 is c re sides 14,14 which extend forward to provide i 1n i g formed inthe p e 3 100 an offset portion at 17. Sto s 18,18 f t d Sector gear 45 1s spaced from pinion 40, to the inner surfaces of sides 14, 14 limit the wh r y t allOW' Clearance for the passage movement inward of door Likewise arms fpawl 41 therehetween. To this end the 19, 19 fastened on either end of cover 11 teeth of the pinion 10 are sufficiently wide to prevent door 3 from swinging outward when j span the intervening space and engage the 105 cover 11 is in closed position as illustrated teeth of sector gear 45 therebBy Dd. by Fig. 2. v Apawl 52 pivoted at to the end face of A top door 20 havingv amirror set in its disk 54 is adapted to engage the teeth, of front face therein is hinged at 21, 21 totop pinion 50, whereby to cause roller 55 to turn 55 part 22 of the casing of cabinet 1. Door20 with pinion 50 in one direction and to allow 1 the teeth of pinion 1o roughened,

carried in bearings rise as towel 12 accumulates thereon.

to dotted .line position Headed pin 7 65 34. A tooth 85 is formed pinion to turn freely on shaft 51 in the other. Disk 54 is adapted to turn with shaft 51 and is spaced from gear 47, whereby to allow for clearance of pawl 52. To this end 50 are sufficiently wide to span the intervening space and engage the teeth of gear 47 therebeyond.

Roller 55 has a sheet of carborundum attached to its outer surface or is otherwise whereby to cause towel 12 to ad here, more or less thereto and pass to reclaiming roller on which the soiled part of towel 12 will be wound or accumulated. Roller 56 is mounted to turn with shaft 57 58, 58 in plates 38, 33 and in opposite sides 14, 14 of cabinet 1. It is rotated by its contact with roller 54.

Bearings 58 are in each instance elongated vertical slots,.whereby to allow shaft 57 to Vertical slots 58 connect with horizontal slots 59 open at ends 60, 60 whereby to allow for the removal of roller 56 carrying the soiled towel 12 thereon.

Cotter pins 62 are used to hold gears 40, 45, 47 and 50 on their respective shafts. The sides 14, 14 of cabinet 1 are recessed at 65 to house the gears aforementioned. Said 1".- cesses are partially covered by said metal 30 plates 33, 33 fastened to sides 14, 1.4. by screws or nails 67 Sector gear 45 is equipped. with an arm. 68 having an aperture at 69 through which projects one end of coiled spring 7 0. The oppo- 35 site end of coiled spring 70 is fastened to a pin 71 mounted to the inside surface of side 14, whereby to hold sector gear 45 normally in full line position shown in Fig. 2.

Sector gear 45 can be rotated on shaft 46 shown in Fig. 2 by pressing on pedal 72 that is pivoted on rod 7 5 carried in bearings in standard 2, 2. Pedal 72 has a foot piece 74 and is connected to arm 68 of sector gear 45 by means of rod 75. 7 extending laterally from pedal 71 engages an eye 78 formed in the lower end of rod 75. The lower end of coiled spring 7 0 extends through eye 79 formed on the upper end of rod as well as through 50 aperture 69 of sector gear 45 to fasten the upper end of said rod to said sector gear 45.

In order to limit the amount of towel. 12 that is drawn from the lower part of cabinet 1 through longitudinal opening 7 there is 55 provided rock arms 80, 80 adapted to carry one end, in each instance, of the rotatable roller 81 over which towel 12 passes before it reaches opening 7. Roller 81 has trunnions 82, 82 adapted to fit loosely in aper- 60 tures formed in the ends of arms 80, 80 where by said. roller 81 will be permitted to rotate. Arms 80, 80 are pivoted upon studs 83, 83 fastened to the inner surface of plates 33, 33 and rest along portions 84 84 upon gears 34, integral with the of said arms 80 and is adapted to engage the teeth of gears 34, 34 when said arms are actuated upon their fulcrums 83, 83 which will happen when towel 12 is drawn downward against roller 81. In order to provide for the movement of'arins 80, 80, a vertical elongated recess 86 is made in each instance in arms 81, 81 through which said studs 83 upon which they are pivoted project. lowever, teeth are held normally away from engagement with the teeth gears 34, 34 respectively, by straight or flat springs 90, 90 fastenedsecurely at one end in each instance, by a nail or pin 91 engaging plate Another pin. 92 is in each instance secured to plate 33 and adjacent the edge of spring 90 to resist any pressure against spring 90. loosely against the inner ends of arms 80, 80;

he operation of the device is effected by placing a towel 12 infolded condition in the lower part of cabinet 1. This can be done conveniently by lowering drop door 3. Cover 11 will swing outwardly upon elevating bolt 15 for the purpose. The end of towel 12 is led upward between rollers 30 and'31 over roller 81 through opening 7 upward and through opening 25, back and over roller 55 and under roller 56. The end of towel 12 is inner side of each looped, through which loop roller 56 will be PI'OJQCI'JGCl, it having been removed for the purpose. (hie or two turns of roller 56 will thereupon cause said towel 12 to rollthereon when said roller 56 is turned intermittingly by its contact with roller 55. Roller'55 will be turned-by the user placing his foot on piece 74 of pedal 72 and thereby rocking said pedal 72 to draw rod 75 downward to turn sector gear 45. .As sector gear 45 turns on its pivot 46 it will revolve pinion 40 and gear 47 and pinion 50 in mesh therewith. However, under these conditions lower pinion 40 will turn with roller 30, whereas gear 47 and pinion 50 will turn idly and rollers 55 and 56 remain stationary. Pawl 52v slips over the teeth of pinion 50 in this instance. 5

As roller 30turns it will draw upward and over its surface and under roller 31 a newer cleanportion of towel 12. This clean portion 95 will drop in a loopfor the convenience. of the user as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2. Immediately thereafter the user, releases pedal 70, sector gear '45 will revolve in the opposite direction under influence of coiled spring 70. During this latter movement of sector gear 45 gear 47 will rotate pinion 50 and pinion 50 will rotate roller'55 because- The upper ends of each of springs 90 rest and 31. Arms 80, 80 will bear also against the upper surfaces of the teeth of gears 34, 34

and, thereby, tend through said gears 34, 34 to force roller 31 in close contact with roller 30, whereby to push towel 12 therebetween and hold it from further movement.- This in turn will cause towel 12 to resi at any tendency to pull it from the lowerpart of the cabinet.

There are ventilating holes 100 in the top of cabinet 1. j

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is as follows:

1. In a towel cabinet, a set of rollers adapted to expose a portion of a towel for use, a roller for accumulating the used part of the towel thereon, another roller in contact with said accumulating rollers, a pinion operatively connected with said a gear in mesh with nected to turn with said first named rollers, a pinion adjacent one of said gears, a sector gear in mesh with said last named pinion and in mesh with said first named gear and means for actuating said sector gear, whereby to turn said rollers to expose a portion of the towel and spring means for reversing the rotation of said sector gear, whereby to reclaim.

the used portion of said towel. v

2. In a towel cabinet, a set of rollers adapted toexpose a portion of a towel for use, gears connected with said rollers, a'pinion mounted adjacent one if said gears, a roller for accumulating the used portion of said towel, another roller in contact with said accumulating roller, a pinion mounted adjacent said roller, a gear in mesh with said last named pinion, a sector gear in mesh with said gear and the first named pinion, means for actuating said sector gear in one direction, whereby to. turn said rollers toexpose a portion of the rotation of rollers 30'- last named roller, 7 said p1n1on, gears c0nv cooperating said towel and spring means for actuating said sector gear in the reverse direction,

"whereby to reclaim the used portion of said towel.

3. In a towel cabinet, a set of rollers adapted to expose a portion of a towel for use, gears mounted to turn with said rollers, a plnion connected with one of said gears, a sector gear in mesh w1th said p1n1on, a roller for accumulating the used portion of said towel,

another roller in contact with said accumulating roller, a pinion mounted adj acent the roller in contact with the accumulating roller,'a gear in mesh with said pinion, said last named gear in tor gear, means for actuating said sector gear in one direction, whereby to expose a portion of the towel for use and automatic means for actuating said sector gear in the reverse direction, whereby to reclaim the used portion of said towel.

4. In a towel cabinet, a set of rollers adapted to expose a portion of atowel for use, gears mounted to turn with said rollers, a

mesh with said seo-- pinion connected with one of said gears, a j

sector gear in mesh with said pinion, a roller with said delivery rollers for accumulating the used portion of said towel thereon, another roller in contact with said accumulating roller, a pinion mounted adjacent the roller in contact with the accumulating roller, a gear in mesh with said last named pinion and with said sector gear, means for actuating said sector gear, whereby to rotate said set of first named rollers for exposing the portion of the towel for use,

automatic means for reversing the rotation of said sector gear, whereby to turn the accumulating roller to wind the used portion of the towel thereon, and means to limit the amount of towel for use.

In testimony whereof I have aflixed my signature.

' JOSEPH DARMAN. 

